Redirecting the output to nul speeds things up (technically, it should not be displaying anything like del and deltree do, but it’s still a good trick to know)ĭeleting the Recycle Bin folder completely is not a problem because it is recreated as soon as you delete a file.Emptying or even deleting the Recycle Bin in Explorer (even with Shift+Del) causes extra house-keeping to take place which does not occur with the rd command.Booting a live-CD will of course take a while to shutdown Windows, boot the other OS, then shut that down, and re-boot Windows, which altogether defeats the purpose.This is probably the fastest method of flushing the Recycle Bin for a few reasons: What this does is to delete the folder and all of its contents, and redirect any output to nul (ie, don’t show any output whatsoever). For compatibility with different versions of Windows as well as the old Norton Protected Recycle Bin, use this version (it presumes that there are no legitimate files or folders in the drive’s root that happen contain recycl which is rare anyway): rd /s /q C:\*recycl* > nul There can be a few different names for the Recycle Bin directory depending on the version of Windows and other installed programs (e.g., $RECYCLE.BIN, RECYCLED, RECYCLER, RECOVERY BIN). Whenever I have a bin filled with a ridiculous number of files, and especially when in 7, what I do is to open a command-prompt ( cmd), and use a simple command to delete the Recycle Bin at the file-system level (change the drive as necessary): rd /s /q C:\$RECYCLE.BIN > nul twice then use the key you want to erase.I have noticed that Windows 7 handles the Recycle Bin much worse than XP did, particularly when there are a lot of items in it. In the drive menu - Shift - Del to disconnect Flash, Del remove a CD.Shift enter in history selects an item not changing its positions FAR lesser known shortcuts Shift-enter in the drive menu - show root directory in explorerĬtrl-pgdn - enter in an archive/especially SFXĬtrl-g - run command on selected files, like "rar32 m !.!.rar !.!" to rar each file in its own archiveĪlt-del - wipe file, overwrite with 0, trunicate, rename to a temp name and delete.Ĭtrl-tab F12 - switch panes (screens) inside of farĬtrl-f full file name into the command lineĪlt shift ins full file name into clipboard for selected filesĬtrl alt ins unc names into clipboard of the selected filesĬtrl ins name into clipboard of the selected files if no cmd lineĬtrl shift ins name into clipboard of the selected files alwaysĬtrl enter in quick search (alt-letter) selects file and moves to the next Shift-f1,f2,f3 - archive management commands Ctrl-A - file attributes (equivalent to F9, F, A)Ĭtrl-Alt-Shift - hide windows while the keys are heldį4 on a folder - edit folders attributes (ctrl-a)Īlt-left, right, home, end - scroll long namesĬtrl-ins - copy names of the selected files into clipboard (command line empty, ctrl-shift-ins if not empty)Ĭtrl-alt-ins - copy network (unc) names into clipboardĪlt-shift-ins - copy full (with path) names into clipboardĬtrl-f - full file name from the actve panel, crtl-: from passive (equiv to crtl-], ctrl-enter)Ĭtrl-end - command string completion from the history (press again to go to the next matching history line)
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